Speech and Language Therapist - Adult Acute and Community - Band 7

Jarrodean Healthcare; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious consultancy seeks experienced Speech & Language Therapists for a Band 7 post in Guernsey. This advanced specialist role emphasizes managing a diverse clinical caseload and supervising junior staff, with attractive salary benefits and a unique lifestyle on the island. Enjoy excellent resources, scenic work environment, and opportunities for professional development within a supportive health service.

Benefits

Higher-than-UK salary

Annual bonus of £1,605

Flat rate 20% income tax

No Council tax or VAT

Relocation payment of £5,000

On-site Staff Accommodation

Qualifications

• Five years post-registration Adult experience with current or recent experience at Band 6.
• Level C RCSLT VFSS competencies required.
• Membership with the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Manage a clinical caseload and provide specialist service to adults.
• Supervise the Band 6 SLT and Band 3 Support Worker.
• Develop creative pathways of care reflecting individual client needs.

Skills

Speech & Language Therapy

Dysphagia competencies

Clinical management

Team supervision

Education

Full HCPC registration

Post graduate dysphagia training qualification

RCSLT Tracheostomy competencies

Job description

Applications are invited from suitably-experienced Speech & Language Therapists to join the Adult Acute and Community service in a Band 7 Advanced Specialist post on the beautiful Island of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands.
The SLT team comprises; a Band 8A Clinical Lead (to whom this position reports) a Band 6 SLT and a Band 3 Assistant.
You will manage a clinical caseload and provide a highly specialist service to adults with speech, language, communication and/or swallowing difficulties in the acute hospital, rehabilitation, continuing care, and community settings across the island of Guernsey.

The role affords significant prospects to develop creative pathways of care reflective of individual need, client groups and evidence-based practice.
We particularly encourage applicants with a passion to expand services in objective evaluation of swallowing e.g., VFSS and FEES.
As well as responsibility for your own highly specialist caseload you will be supervising the Band 6 SLT and Band 3 SLT Support Worker.
The scope of the role can be tailored to your areas of specialism and where research, audit, and service development are integral and supported by the Lead SLT.
You will on occasion be required to deputise for the Band 8A Clinical Lead.

A full job description is available upon application.

Please note; Guernsey has adopted the AfC banding system, but have applied their own salary scale.
The current Band 7 salary range is �55,578 to �73,085 plus an annual bonus of �1,605 and higher unsocial hours enhancements; 36% evening/Saturday and 72% Sunday/BH.
Annual leave starts at 36 days up to 42 days with full credit for NHS service for annual leave and sick leave.

The island of Guernsey is in the Channel Islands and has a population of 65,000. It has some of Britain's finest and best-kept beaches , an especially mild and sunny climate , and an offbeat, historic harbour town in St. Peter's Port, the island's capital.

This unique integrated health service delivers a diverse range of services including diagnosing and treating patients in the island's acute hospital complex, and supporting people with in the wider community.
The States of Guernsey provides an excellent Speech & Language Therapy Service, supported by modern equipment and reliant on Healthcare professionals recruited to a high standard.

Person requirements :
Speech & Language Therapist with full HCPC registration and membership with the Royal Collect of Speech & Language Therapists
Five years post-registration Adult experience with current or recent experience at Band 6 or equivalent
A post graduate dysphagia training qualification
Level C RCSLT Dysphagia competencies.
Level 3 RCSLT VFSS competencies.
RCSLT Tracheostomy competencies.

The benefits of working in Guernsey include:
- A higher-than-UK salary.
- An annual bonus of �1,605
- A flat rate 20% income tax.
- No Council tax or VAT
- A relocation payment of �5,000*
- On-site Staff Accommodation or a generous allowance for private rental accommodation*
- A continental lifestyle, where the people are friendly, and crime is very low.
*Full T&C in relocation directive

For an insight into Jarrodean as a Consultancy and for a summary of all current roles visit jarrodean.com

If this role is not for you, please remember we offer a generous �500 Bonus for any successful friend or colleague referrals.